Effect of long term high altitude exposure on cardiovascular autonomic adjustment during rest and post-exercise recovery.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite the successful adaptation to high altitude, some differences do occur due to long term exposure to the hypoxic environment. The effect of long term high altitude exposure on cardiac autonomic adjustment during basal and post-exercise recovery is less known. Thus we aimed to study the differences in basal cardiac autonomic adjustment and its response to exercise in highlanders and to compare it with lowlanders.

Methods

The study was conducted on 29 healthy highlander males who were born and brought up at altitude of 3000 m and above from the sea level, their cardiac autonomic adjustment was compared with age, sex, physical activity and ethnicity-matched 29 healthy lowlanders using Heart Rate Variability (HRV) during rest and recovery from sub-maximal exerci

SUBMITTER: Bhattarai P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5948791 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature